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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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children. '"Attaok him. because he steals all the good things ho sees." 

 Txa'msEui took off the bark of an alder and chewed it. Then he entered 

 the house of Smoke-hole, intending- to steal his bow, which was orna- 

 mented with abalone shells. He transformed himself into a raven and 

 took the bow. Smoke-hole said to his door, "Shut, Door!" Then 

 Txii'msEm was unable to leave the house. They tried to catch him, 

 intending to kill him. He cried, "Qa, qa, qa, qa!" Smoke-hole said 

 to his smoke hole, "Shut!" and the smoke hole caught Txii'msEm's 

 neck. He was dead, and his body was hanging in the smoke hole. 

 Txa'msEm pretended to \m dead. Then Smoke-hole made a tire. Then 

 Txii'msEm took his own voice and put it in the woods, in a bluff behind 

 Smoke-hole's house. There it made an echo, crying, "Miserable chief, 

 what are you doing? You are a chief and j'ou eat the excrements of a 



dEm le'lukst 



(fuT.) he steals 



aL 



am a mu 



lig'i-hwi'li. 



things 



g-a'atg-e." 



he sees." 



k"s-qa'6qt sa-go'dEi, 



first off took 



mtisL lox% at qe'Entg'e. NLk"'e 



aUler and chewed it. Then 



ts'ent ai. 



he at 



entered 



txa-bEhl'da. 



all abalone 

 shell. 



Am'ala'g'e. 



Smdke-hole. 



hwilps 



the house 

 of 



K-'et 



Then he 



the bark 

 of 



Am'ala'. 



Smoke-liole. 



NLk-'e 



Then he 



huX 



ag'ain 



K'et 



Then he 



k'si-dE-ba'xL 



out with ran 



lo-Lo'otk"!, qak, Lat 



transformed 

 himself into 



the 

 raven, 



he 

 (pert.) 



go UL 



took 



ha-Xda'k" 



the bow 



ha-Xda'ks 



th(.' bow of 



"Hfi'kVaxan, a'dz'Ep!" deya's Am'ala'. Ni^k-'e 



"Shut .'^o that it can door!" thussaid Smoke-hole. Then 



not be moved 



aqi.-k*si-y6'xk"s Txii'myEiii. K'^e hwil k*'e lo-tk^o-y6'xk''t aL 



ut to go Txii'msEm. At once 



witli 

 out 



in around he 



followed 



the boards of the 

 smoke hole. 



Then 



was 

 dead 



hung 



his body 



ts'Em-ala'. His-n6'6tk"L. 



In the He pretended to 



smoke hole. be dead, 



Am'ala'L lak". K-'ot 



Smoke-hole a fire. Then 



his 

 own 



speech. 



Then 



qaldix'-ma'gat 



to the rear he put it 

 of the house 



sE-guFa'datg'e: 



made echo: 



aL 



at 



ts Em-bi;i ([[. 



in bbitT 



"Qa'gEm tsE 



•'Miserable when 



qaq'ala'ns Am'ala'g'e. 



behind the Smoke-hole, 



house of 



de-lEbEJt-hwi'lEnEsta', 



also against you do, 



B. A. E., Bull. i'T-02- 



hwi'lptg'e aL dEm dzak"t. K"'et lo-L6'otk"s Txa'msEm qaq 



his house to (fut. ) kill him. Then transformed Txii'msEm raven 



himself 



aL hc'tg'e: "Qa. i[ii. (ja, ([a." K'^e a'lg'ixs Anrala': 



and said: "Qa. <ia, qa. qa." Then said Smoke-hole: 



"Ha'k"waxau. gan-ala'!" K-'et ha'tsEL t'Eui-lil'nix's Txa'msEm 



V 



"Shut, boards smoke ThcTi hit the neck of Txii'msEm 



of hole!" 



gan-ala'g'e. K'^e no'os Txii'msEm. Lo-d"Ep-iax'ia'qL g"a'dEt aL 10 



8 

 



hwt'ltg'e Txii'msEm. K''et sE-me'r,s 11 



iie dill Txii'msEm. Then he burn 



made 



gos Txii'msEm Isp-a'lg-ixt. K-'et V2 



